top of page
Search


How to Manage Negative Employees
7 steps to create a more positive work culture. Persistent workplace negativity impacts morale, innovation, and team culture. Recognizing...
Soren Kaplan Ph.D.
Dec 18, 2023


Lessons on Facing Loneliness From Philosophy
Wisdom traditions teach the value of solitude for clarity and peace. Philosophers reframe solitude as an opportunity for reflection, deep...
Benji Kaveladze Ph.D.
Dec 15, 2023


How Are Narcissistic Love Bombers and Their Prey Similar?
There’s genuine love, and then there’s fraudulent, opportunistic neediness. Most narcissists, despite their cockiness and sense of...
Leon F Seltzer PhD
Dec 13, 2023


What the Happiness Paradox Means for Your Daily Joy
New research shows the wisdom of using your “me-time” to its best advantage. tend to choose easier activities rather than ones that test...
Susan Krauss Whitbourne PhD, ABPP
Dec 11, 2023


Stress and Health: How to Turn Off the Stress Response
Techniques to help you and your loved one's de-stress when you need it most. Our stress response gets activated all the time, and it can...
Devika Bhushan, M.D.,
Dec 8, 2023


3 Big Signs of Avoidant Personality Disorder
It might seem similar to social phobia at first but look again. Avoidant personality disorder is considered a common personality ...
Anthony D. Smith LMHC
Dec 6, 2023


Chronic Illness: Coping With Dependence and Self-Acceptance
With support, it is possible to grow after loss. Painful feelings about chronic illness dependence can adversely affect mental health....
Katie Willard Virant MSW, JD, LCSW
Dec 4, 2023


How Long Do Emotions Last?
Which lingers longer, joy or sadness? And why? Every now and then I run across a neuroscientific study that makes me think in a new way,...
Nick Morgan Ph.D.
Dec 1, 2023


5 Tips for Staying Mentally Healthy During Pregnancy
What does it take to stay in shape during pregnancy? Just as women tend to their physical health during pregnancy , tending to emotional...
Dawn Kingston Ph.D.
Nov 29, 2023


Overcoming Shyness: 3 Tips for Improved Confidence
Improving your social interactions and self-assurance. By focusing on positivity and presence instead of self-doubt, one's feelings of...
Ran D. Anbar, M.D., FAAP,
Nov 29, 2023


Managing the Experience of Pain
How our expectations influence the experience of pain. Both physical and psychological pain are mediated via the same neural circuitry....
Barbara Blatchley Ph.D.
Nov 27, 2023


How to Avoid Raising a Spoiled Child
Spoiled children are not just frustrating; they often struggle as adults. Spoiled, entitled children can grow up to be self-centered,...
Robert Taibbi L.C.S.W.
Nov 24, 2023


5 Things To Say to Yourself When You're Depressed
What you tell yourself matters. Feeling depressed for two weeks or longer may reflect a disorder, which you should disclose to a...
Seth Meyers Psy.D.
Nov 22, 2023


When Is Couple’s Therapy the Right Choice?
Here are 10 areas that partners can expect to explore in therapy together. Having spent the better part of five decades working with...
Randi Gunther Ph.D.
Nov 20, 2023


Keys to Calming Anxiety from Adverse Childhood Experiences
These solutions can alleviate anxiety rooted in toxic childhood stress. Anxiety disorders are often rooted in unresolved adverse...
Glenn R. Schiraldi Ph.D.
Nov 17, 2023


What Does Recovery Mean?
Recovery from addiction is the ongoing process of learning, growth, and healing. Abstinence is instrumental to healing the neurological...
Dan Mager MSW
Nov 15, 2023


Can We Prevent Suicide and Self-Harm?
Reducing the risk of suicide involves a range of measures implemented over time. Self-harm and suicide are substantial public health...
Brendan Kelly, M.D., Ph.D.
Nov 13, 2023


The Key to a Fulfilling Life? Friendship, Not Marriage
... but neither finished first in a major recent survey. Earlier this year (2023), the Pew Research Center asked a representative...
Bella DePaulo Ph.D
Nov 10, 2023


OCD and the Need for Certainty
Your OCD may stem from a false need for certainty. What can you do about it? There are two types of OCD : Moral and existential, both of...
Elliot D. Cohen Ph.D.
Nov 8, 2023


The Work of Blending Families
Rules for ensuring success when combining households. A blended family is a unit that includes parents and their stepchildren. Joining...
Marisa T. Cohen PhD, LMFT
Nov 6, 2023
bottom of page